Definition of helmet

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Helmet (n.) A defensive covering for the head. See Casque, Headpiece, Morion, Sallet, and Illust. of Beaver..

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Sallet :: Sallet (n.) A light kind of helmet, with or without a visor, introduced during the 15th century..
Lambrequin :: Lambrequin (n.) A kind of pendent scarf or covering attached to the helmet, to protect it from wet or heat..
Sconce :: Sconce (p. p.) A piece of armor for the head; headpiece; helmet.
Visor :: Visor (n.) A part of a helmet, arranged so as to lift or open, and so show the face. The openings for seeing and breathing are generally in it..
Cassowary :: Cassowary (n.) A large bird, of the genus Casuarius, found in the east Indies. It is smaller and stouter than the ostrich. Its head is armed with a kind of helmet of horny substance, consisting of plates overlapping each other, and it has a group of long sharp spines on each wing which are used as defensive organs. It is a shy bird, and runs with great rapidity. Other species inhabit New Guinea, Australia, etc..
Tester :: Tester (n.) A headpiece; a helmet.
Galea :: Galea (n.) The upper lip or helmet-shaped part of a labiate flower.
Skullcap :: Skullcap (n.) Any plant of the labiate genus Scutellaria, the calyx of whose flower appears, when inverted, like a helmet with the visor raised..
Unhelm :: Unhelm (v. t.) To deprive of the helm or helmet.
Beaver :: Beaver (n.) That piece of armor which protected the lower part of the face, whether forming a part of the helmet or fixed to the breastplate. It was so constructed (with joints or otherwise) that the wearer could raise or lower it to eat and drink..
Ventail :: Ventail (n.) That part of a helmet which is intended for the admission of air, -- sometimes in the visor..
Orle :: Orle (n.) The wreath, or chaplet, surmounting or encircling the helmet of a knight and bearing the crest..
Helmed :: Helmed (a.) Covered with a helmet.
Helmet-shaped :: Helmet-shaped (a.) Shaped like a helmet; galeate. See Illust. of Galeate.
Cassideous :: Cassideous (a.) Helmet-shaped; -- applied to a corolla having a broad, helmet-shaped upper petal, as in aconite..
Unhelmet :: Unhelmet (v. t.) To deprive of the helmet.
Aventail :: Aventail (n.) The movable front to a helmet; the ventail.
Crest :: Crest (n.) The plume of feathers, or other decoration, worn on a helmet; the distinctive ornament of a helmet, indicating the rank of the wearer; hence, also, the helmet..
Headpiece :: Headpiece (n.) A cap of defense; especially, an open one, as distinguished from the closed helmet of the Middle Ages..
Dishelm :: Dishelm (v. t.) To deprive of the helmet.
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